14 men posted.
We did some trivia and some exercises.
We did announcements and prayer requests.
Wichita closed us in prayer.
Month: November 2020 (Page 7 of 11)
Many view this as the postal slogan …. however are you aware that it ONLY is on one postal facility in New York City downtown?
Why title today’s beat down with this? Well, it was raining and gloomy …. and since it was anticipated that ETA was to bring us buckets of water I had a seperate game plan for us in case the pax wanted to safely to a Murph ( my choices were to be dips or burpees and diamond merkins or derkins as well as the squats and do these under th shelter, but thankfully the pax led me and the rest into the play area after the one mile run …. so thank you men for helping make the better choice ! Rain would actually relent while we performed our workout and I called out to the pax that for me personally I always reflect on the tireless service our men and women perform protecting this great nation . I also said to call out if anyone knows of other pax that have served such as Oompa Loompa (marines), Slaw (navy) , and Toto ( national guard) . I was pleasantly surprised to hear that Doodles was in the National Guard as well.
Today has many meanings and I will not bore you with a recital as Roscoe very eloquently already beat me to it…. please read his BB for Ricky Bobby!
I also had an impromptu food drive of which many thanks go to JJ for remembering.
I also read Philippians 4 as it’s meaning is greatly needed now and in the lead up to Thanksgiving and it was part of Pastor Dickie Spargos message sSunday and in an interesting turn of events , JJ mentioned its use at his Church this past Sunday as well (Calvary N Charlotte )
pT test Saturday
Prayers for nation and service people
Thank you to all
Today is Veteran’s Day and one day removed from the 245th birthday of the US Marine Corps. To honor vets, YHC decided to look for weinke ideas on the interwebs.
Before I get into the workout, I will inform the readers of the happenings before the workout. There was a pre-run announced the night before.
Sargento said that Quiche’ and Boudin were running from the AO at 0500 so I decided to get in the Extra Credit. While running past the AO I go by Sargento’s house. While I passed by I noticed his car wasn’t in the driveway. Where would he be driving at such an early hour? When I arrived at the AO, there was the big cheese’s car parked out front. Now according to Google Maps, the AO parking lot is .24 miles as the crow flies from Sargento’s house. You can make your own judgement.
Not only was Quiche’, Boudin, and Sargento ready to pre-run, Dirt, Buckeye, and Watts Up also showed up ready to go. That made seven for a pre-run through the neighborhood of just shy of 3 miles.
On the way back to the AO, it began to rain hard. Cars were rolling into the parking lot but no one was getting out. A couple minutes before go time, out comes a bunch of PAX to include an FNG! The FNG had been EH’d both at Poston during a Midoriyama workout as well as work and at “Bottom’s Up”, the premier second F event in the Gashouse region. If you have been there, the FNG is the guy with the enormous Mastiff. (you know, the dog)
A quick history of Veteran’s Day. Originally called Armistice Day (like a truce) when major hostilities ceased on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month after World War 1. Other countries may call it Remembrance Day.
It became a holiday in 1938. Armistice Day was renamed Veteran’s Day in 1954.
A quick warm up consisting of SSH, Merkins, and squats and then an internet-based workout for Veteran’s using the letters in a name and correlating exercises. We dedicated this to our favorite Marine, Oompa Loompa. (I did get called out for not calling the cadence with the drill instructor voice like Oompa)
O-30 LBC’s
O-30 LBC’s
M-20 Jump Lunges
P-30 Squats
A-50 SSH
L-30 American Hammers
O-30 LBC’s
O-30 LBC’s
M- 20 Jump Lunges
P- 30 Squats
A- 50 SSH
The PAX enjoyed being outside on their backs in puddles with wet shirts. The noises made during the LBC’s were especially interesting.
The Disclaimer and the 5 core principles of F3 were given to our FNG who I think was enjoying the beatdown thus far.
The next workout was for the Marine Corps birthday. The Marine Corps was founded in November 10th, 1775 so yesterday was the 245th birthday of the United States Marine Corps. If you didn’t see the Commandant’s message, it will make you want to enlist immediately. You can watch it here:
Next, we broke into groups of 3 and emphasized teamwork plus individual excellence. The Marine Corps birthday workout was as follows:
245 Merkins
245 Flutters
245 Burpees
Since we had 13, I floated around donating some reps to each group. The groups worked together to get the reps for each other, and as one group finished, they looked to join other groups to give additional reps until all the work was done. Excellent to see the PAX work together to accomplish the mission.
Next we took a lap around the school and broke into teams of two. P1 began lunge walking while P2 ran around the front of the school and then switched. With a couple minutes to go we circled back up for 8 count bodybuilders until it was time to stop.
Please take time today to think about the service others have given to our country. Shellshock-thank you for your service! #armyvet
It is with a humble sense of gratitude that we should live our lives and cherish the freedom that we experience. You don’t have to wear a uniform to serve your country.
This Saturday at the Gashouse. The second part of the PT test.
Christmas Party on December 12th.
November challenge: Keep getting in the miles and eating right!
Prayer requests: Coworker’s son with cancer, Shellshocks family member with high blood pressure, Flintstone’s sister, other friends with Covid, others unspoken
It was appropriate that it was raining this morning. Our FNG understands that F3 is outdoors, rain or shine! During the burpee part of the workout, let’s just say he hit a wall. He also like Pink Floyd. Welcome FNG “the Wall”. (YHC also learned he is a pit boss and smokes meats. I invited him to the Christmas party)
Always a pleasure to lead.
Roscoe
Beautiful earl summer evening at Mirdoriyama, 5:30, let’s get to work!
SSH, Toy Soldiers, Grass Pickers all IC 10X. Pledge.
Mosey to parking lot just beyond the playground. YHC was thinking earlier in the day of mother in law that passed away a few years ago. Occasionally she would have a little vodka and get kind of happy. She would sometimes speak of how she liked to dance in her younger years. Then she would put hands on hips and say her favorite dance was the penny, nickel, dime, quarter, quarter, quarter giving a series of hip thrusts on the quarter quarter quarter. You had to be there.
YHC devised a plan with this theme in mind. Workout was run to opposite end, 5 burpees, 10 big boys, 25 hand release merkins, 25 bobby hurley, 25 flutter kicks. Run other end and repeat. Five rounds. That’s a lot of hand release.
Move to parking lot on other side of turd shack. Partner up for dora. Lap around the island, 100 LBC, 200 squats, 300 smurf jacks. That’s a lot of smurf jacks.
Have a few minutes left so let’s go to turd shack for one of YHC favorites. Suspension merkins. Feet one foot up the wall and hold plank. On command do 10 merkins. Three rounds. This one is tough too. Mosey back to the flag.
Time for 22 for the Vets. Time.
YHC speaks for just a moment on the power of prayer. It make a difference. Sometimes the difference is immediate, sometimes much patience and persistence is required. But always makes a difference.
PT test this Saturday at Gashouse, November challenge, Dec 12 Christmas Party at Lewis Farms (money being collected to cover costs), Dec 10 blood drive from 1:30 to 6:00 at Park Street Methodist in Belmont. Register at redcross.org us F3 as search term.
Prayer requests: Broke M, Lil Sweet relative, Purple Haze job search, Tiger aunt
YHC took us out.
Always an honor
Tiger
We had 4 men out pushing the rock in the rain at prison break this morning. We all ran and we all got better today.
Announcements
PT test Saturday at the Gashouse
Christmas party December 12th
Prayer Request
Sister Acts daughter, Sparky dad, Brokes wife, Purple Haze interview, Huckleberrys new job, Our Country, Gumby, Slaw, Tater Hole, Round Up, Each other.
Lets continue to fight the battle standing firm in the faith and rejoicing in the hope of Jesus Christ. lean on each other reach out to each other and lift each other up in prayer.
Round Up
So, I found these foam cube-like polygons at $5 Below. I bought both the Expert and Intermediate versions, as well as a yoga one. Each side of the non-yoga polygons has an exercise (ie. 20 Burpees, 30 Mnt. Climbers, 15 Squats with a Twist (Imperial Walker Squats), 30 Russian Twists (American Hammers), etc…). Without much of a plan I rolled into Folsom with about 5 minutes to spare and began to make things up in my head on the drive in.
We began with a warmup of:
15 SSH in cadence
5 Burpees (oyo)
15 Gravel Pickers
Pledge
We moseyed to the tennis courts.
For 30 minutes each Pax (as many as we could get thru) would roll both dice. We would do both exercises. We then would run/sprint (you vs. you) to the next corner of the courts. There was an option for “Water Break” on both dice. For this we did waterfall burpees for one round (Pax planking after completing their burpee) and then whatever the other exercise was. We did this for around 4 laps or so around the courts before I had to leave at 6am. There were several times we hit 20 burpees… otherwise it was a mix of Bonnie Blairs, Mountain Climbers, Squats with a Twist (Imperial Walker Squats), Tuck Jumps, etc… Anything else… #showtoknow.
I asked Wichita to take over and finish the PAX out with a round of Iron Hulks and some merry (if any time was left).
Announcements: PT test Saturday at Gashouse 7, Christmas party Dec 12th pre blast will be out soon.
Prayer Request: SA’s daughter and family, Montross, Sparky’s dad and mom, and Purple Haze’s job interview.
Thanks for allowing me to lead and for playing along this morning. I may need to update the dice a bit… maybe take off the “water break” and add more burpees or my favorite workout (not that I have one, but I can make something up). I hope ya’ll had fun.
Until next time… SYITG
~Stogie
20 showed up for the Storm and Oblivious’s first Q.
Warmup
Side straddle hops x 20
Blades of steel x 10
Moroccans x 15
Mntn. Climbers x 20(count one leg)
Hold Superman plank for 20 secs
Long Mosey at a decent clip to abs station
Abs
2 sets of 8 exercises done for 30secs each, 30secs rest between sets:
American Hammers
Leg lifts
Australian Flutter kicks(flutters while on stomach)
Left side plank
Right side plank
Freddie Mercury’s
Box cutters
Plank
Indian run to next station
Descending Ladder
5 sets descending by 1 count of reps:
Set 1: 10 Spiderman pushups(also know as lizard pushups), run 30yds, 10 CDDs.
Set 2: 9 Spiderman pushups(also know as lizard pushups), run 30yds, 9 CDDs.
etc.
Mosey to next station
Deconstructed Burpees
4 count per movement, as many as possible for 90 secs
insert short motivational speech
Mosey to next station
Dora
Partner up.
50 Squats, 100 LBCs, 150 Merkins
Flutter kick or plank till 6.
Mosey to start
Finished with Yoga and stretching
Announcements:
Storm shirts – buy them
Q’s needed for storm
PT test at Gas house Nov 14 @ 0700
Ricky Bobby – Roscoe Q and inaugural shirt launch
Christmas party Dec 12th. Be there. Be jolly.
Its Goat instead of Turkey this year! Thanksgiving Goat at 7. Opportunity for triple post that morning.
Prayer requests:
Roscoe – friend at work has two sons, Jackson and Bennett, with cancer.
Sargento’s wife – issues with knee
Purple haze – job interview
9 Guys show up to Folsom for a beatdown brought to you by. Hacksaw
Im writing this backlist for my dad and I wasn’t there participating in this event so I’m not exactly sure what happened. I heard there were lots of burpees and a lot of ssh. Im sure Hacksaw put it on them fellas just like everyone else that comes thru Folsom!
Announcements
Nov 14 PT test at the Gashouse
Christmas Party December 12
Prayer Requests
The lord knows and He will provide!
Thanks men Hacksaw
5 HIM’s got in some work and more importantly the Word.
November is National Adoption month and this past Sunday was orphan Sunday. In the US, there is ~425,000 children in foster care annually. ~17,000 children in North Carolina.
As of Today, there are 2,861 children in North Carolina in foster care awaiting adoption. Most will never be adopted and will “age out” of the system.
Recently, Tool Time put out an opportunity to serve at Children’s Hope Alliance in Troutman. Please sign up and serve. This organization serves many of these ~17000 children in NC. A simple day of work goes a long way in support of their mission.
Here is a the link to sign up.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040B44A5AC23A6FF2-childrens
Our Verse for the week:
James 2:14-17 ESV
What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? [15] If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, [16] and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? [17] So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
Prayer Request
- Sister Act’s Family
- Sparky’s Family
- Achey Breaky’s Friend
- Purple Hazes’s Nice
- Family of Wichita’s Friend
Announcements
- Next Saturday PT Test
- Christmas Party Dec 12
Big Pappy
Psalm 139:13-14 ESV
For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. [14] I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.
It was warmer out than is normal for this time of year in the gloom. A little hazy but dry none the less. YHC arrived a few minutes before the stroke of 0530 to find Watts Up, Dirt, and EZ Rider out running for EC. Way to push guys.
Others starting rolling in for a grand total of 11 HIM’s. Very nice group.
5:30 strikes and it’s time to get moving.
Pledge
Disclaimer
Warmup:
20 SSH double count IC
20 Squats
20 Monkey Humpers
20 Merkins
20 Mountain Climbers
20 LBC’s
20 Flutter Kicks
5 Burpees
Mosey to the maintenance shed parking lot
20 Squats
20 Monkey Humpers
20 Merkins
20 Mountain Climbers
20 LBC’s
20 Flutter Kicks
5 Burpees
Disclaimer about the roots and tripping hazard
Mosey back side of ballfields stopping along the way for some more
20 Squats
20 Monkey Humpers
20 Merkins
20 Mountain Climbers
20 LBC’s
20 Flutter Kicks
5 Burpees
Mosey to parking lot for 11’s
CDD’s this side and American Hammers on that side (upon request from Watts Up)
Quick count off so YHC could breathe
Abs in parking lot:
40 LBC’s
20 Oblique crunches each side
20 Windshield wipers
20 Heels to heaven
20 Crunchy frogs
20 American hammers
40 LBC’s
Starting at lower end lasting for 3 islands in parking lot progressing toward start:
20 Squats
20 Monkey Humpers
20 Merkins
20 Mountain Climbers
20 LBC’s
20 Flutter Kicks
EZ Ride, Watts Up, and I think JJ decided to get a one burpee EC. We can add it to there final grade.
Mosey toward start passing Waterboy and stopping at entrance of the park for 1 more round of:
20 Squats
20 Monkey Humpers
20 Merkins
20 Mountain Climbers
20 LBC’s
20 Flutter Kicks
Mosey to start and time!
Announcements:
PT Test Nov 14 Gashouse
Christmas Party Dec 12. M friendly but not 2.0
Shirts are live. Links are on Slack and have been sent as a Backblast. 13 more days.
Prayers:
Flintstones sister with a heart cath
Family members
Country
Its was truly an honor and a privilege to start out my day with such a great group of men.
AYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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